Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept. This page covers every guest of the POC podcasts, all countries together: screening comes first, and the country of origin is looked up afterwards, only for the selected experts.
Guests identified28,551
Excluded19,870
Selected8,681Of which 2,556 English-speaking world, 4,579 European Union, 1,546 other or unknown country
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,334Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970
Why the others are excluded
People
27,693 people · the 858 guests named by their first name only are counted above but not listed
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Siza Vieira Minister of State for the Economy · Governo Português | Selected | Academic | Former minister, currently lawyer and professor. | 6 | 42 |
| Viva Frei Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, practicing attorney. | 6 | 42 |
| Lara Spirit Deputy political editor · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Deputy political editor Sunday Times. | 5 | 42 |
| Ângela Silva Journalist · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, Analysis by Ângela Silva. | 4 | 42 |
| Barbara Lefebvre History and geography teacher | Selected | Academic | Professor of history and geography. | 2 | 42 |
| John Bolton US national security advisor | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. national security advisor. | 24 | 41 |
| Mo Gawdat | Selected | Commentator | Entrepreneur and writer. | 16 | 41 |
| Andrew Weissmann Former Mueller prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Mueller investigation prosecutor. | 13 | 41 |
| Andy McCarthy Legal expert · National Review | Selected | Commentator | Legal expert analyzing legislation at National Review. | 5 | 41 |
| Anna Kwiatkowska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, think tank. | 4 | 41 |
| Wojciech Szacki | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and analyst at Polityka Insight. | 3 | 41 |
| Xavier Vidal-Folch Analyst | Selected | Commentator | Explicit analyst, El analysis of Xavier Vidal-Folch. | 2 | 41 |
| Roar Valderhaug Market commentator · E24 | Selected | Commentator | Markets commentator for E24. | 2 | 41 |
| Jonathan Haidt Social psychologist, NYU professor · New York University | Selected | Academic | Social psychologist, NYU professor at New York University. | 31 | 40 |
| Rahm Emanuel Former White House chief of staff under Obama, mayor of Chicago, most recently ambassador | Selected | Former official | Formerly White House chief of staff and mayor. | 28 | 40 |
| Maja Göpel Economist · Leuphana University of Lüneburg | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. | 25 | 40 |
| Avi Loeb Professor · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. | 21 | 40 |
| Steve Bannon Former White House chief strategist | Selected | Former official | Former White House chief strategist. | 18 | 40 |
| Rob de Wijk Professor · Leiden University | Selected | Academic | Professor of international relations, Leiden. | 13 | 40 |
| Gillian Tett Columnist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at Financial Times. | 12 | 40 |
| Jim Al-Khalili | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at University College London and University of Surrey. | 8 | 40 |
| Suzannah Lipscomb Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor and host of Not Just Tudor. Principal professor. | 5 | 40 |
| Jakub Bodziony Deputy editor-in-chief of Kultura Liberalna | Selected | Commentator | Associate Director Kultura Liberalna, ideas journal. | 4 | 40 |
| Charles C.W. Cooke Senior writer · National Review | Selected | Commentator | Senior Writer National Review. | 3 | 40 |
| Kent Andersen Author, writer and musician | Selected | Commentator | Author, writer and musician, public analytical activity. | 2 | 40 |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist · Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium. | 22 | 39 |
| Ed Zitron Host · Better Offline | Selected | Commentator | Host of Better Offline, analysis podcast. | 19 | 39 |
| Cenk Uygur The Young Turks | Selected | Commentator | Current affairs debater on Young Turks. | 17 | 39 |
| Felicia Schön Savings economist · Avanza | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist at Avanza, banker. | 6 | 39 |
| George Parker Political editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Political editor at Financial Times, political analyst. | 5 | 39 |
| Steve Richards Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator. | 5 | 39 |
| Guido Scorza | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer according to Wikidata. | 4 | 39 |
| Anthony Morel Journalist · BFM Business | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and presenter at BFM Business. | 3 | 39 |
| Clara Ferreira Alves SIC Notícias | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Recurring commentator on Portuguese politics for SIC; the journalist profile fits, but no employer or specific field links them. | 3 | 39 |
| Josep Ramoneda | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on Spanish news commentary shows with no function named and general topics; nothing precise ties him to this philosopher and journalist. | 2 | 39 |
| Chris Miller Associate professor of international history · Tufts University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Tufts, author of Chip War. | 25 | 38 |
| Niall Ferguson Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard University and University of Oxford. | 22 | 38 |
| Ed Conway Economics editor · Sky News | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor at Sky News, economic analyst. | 14 | 38 |
| Geerten Waling Historian and writer | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Leiden. | 12 | 38 |
| Harald Magnus Andreassen Chief economist · Sparebank1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at First Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets. | 6 | 38 |
| Miranda Green FT columnist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and opinion associate at Financial Times. | 3 | 38 |
| Damian Thompson Writer | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author at Spectator (opinion magazine), analysis journalist. | 2 | 38 |
| Kalle Moene Economics professor · UiO | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics, University of Oslo. | 2 | 38 |
| Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History · Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Hebrew University, bestselling author. | 28 | 37 |
| Sarah Longwell Author · The Bulwark | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and author for The Bulwark. | 18 | 37 |
| Tommy Vietor Co-host of Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and the former National Security Council spokesperson under President Obama | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of Pod Save America, former NSC spokesman. | 15 | 37 |
| Ed Luce Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Financial Times, journalist-commentator. | 6 | 37 |
| Molly Jong-Fast Writer and political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Political Commentator (explicit role). | 22 | 36 |
| James Lindsay Author, mathematician, cultural critic · New Discourses | Selected | Commentator | Author, mathematician, cultural critic, founder of New Discourses. | 12 | 36 |
| David French | Selected | Commentator et Lawyer | Columnist at New York Times, former lawyer. | 11 | 36 |